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A surprised Nia stood on the door to Aera's bedroom, and stared at the girl combing her hair and getting ready.

Aera roamed about the room, looking for the something, but to her dismay, she wasn't being able to find it.

"What are you looking for?"

"Oh, my favourite watch. Have you seen it, maybe?"

"The watch which was given to you by...Yeojung?...That watch?"

Aera froze for a mere second, and then continued looking for it.
"Yeah...that watch." She said softly.

Nia couldn't believe her.

It was the same girl who was so scared of remembering Yeojung, that she requested Nia to hide all the things that could possibly make her remember the moments spent with him.

Nia walked towards her, and held her by the shoulders, concern reflecting her eyes.

"Aera, you sure you're fine? Is there something wrong, you know you can always tell me right?"

Aera smiled, feeling her heart bloom due to her friend's concerns towards her.

"I'm fine, I'm just getting late, so can you help me?"

"Uh, getting late for? I'm sure I remember you weren't an outdoor girl." Asked Nia, totally confused.

Aera chuckled at her expression.

"Jin Oppa promised to take me out somewhere. He said it'll be fun." She grinned.

"What?!"

-

"Hi Aera, how're you?" Jin greeted with a smile.

"I'm good." Aera spoke softly.

"Hello Nia, how're you doing?" He asked Nia, who had accompanied Aera to drop her at Jin's clinic.

"I'm fine Jin, but can I talk to you a bit?" Asked Nia.

"Sure." He said.

"Uh, alone?" Added Nia.

Both of them glanced at the oblivious Aera who looked outside the windows at the cars which crowded the roads.

"Uh, yeah. Sure." He said.

He picked up his phone and called his assistant to take Aera to a separate room.

After Aera was taken away, Nia was about to ask if it would be a good idea to take her outside, but Jin beat her to it.

"I know you are confused as to why I'm taking her outside, right?"

Nia nodded.
"I don't know Jin. I am just worried if she'll get hyper again, you know, if something reminds her of the past."

"But you know I'll be there to take care of her. She's starting to trust me." Jin answered.

Nia sighed.

"I've never seen her so happy, and light, since that day. When I entered her room, she was so excited to go out with you. She even wanted to wear the watch which was gifted to her by Yeojung."

Jin furrowed his eyebrows.
"Well, what's wrong in that?"

"After that incident, she had decided to hide away all the things, which reminded her of them, from her sight. If she would see that watch, she would start crying and panicking. She was almost scared to be reminded of him. But today..."

"Today she didn't...?"

Nia nodded.

"Do you know, she is improving at a fast pace. So, I decided to take her out, in the nature, to get her mind off things and to help her relax herself. Trust me, and don't worry, everything will be fine." Jin smiled assuringly.

"I know, I trust you Seokjin." Nia smiled back gratefully.

-

"Where are we going?" Asked Aera, sitting in her car seat beside Jin.

Seokjin smirked.

"Some place you'll really love."

-

"So she's getting better huh?"

"Y-yes sir, she is. That psychiatrist is really doing it seriously."

The man clenched his hand in anger and banged the table in front.

"So do something! Anything! Try and bribe that psychiatrist!"

His men shuddered.

An evil smirk appeared on his face, a dangerous glint in his eyes.

"Or better. Kill both of them."

-

Jin pulled over, at a good distance from the cliff.

Aera's eyes widened.

As soon as the vehicle stopped, she started fumbling with the seatbelt to unbuckle it.

Jin chuckled at the behavior.
Slowly, he leaned in to help her with the seatbelt.

Aera froze at the sudden closure.

His warm, relaxed breathing hit her cheeks, which in turn reddened.

With the 'click' sound, the seatbelt was unfastened, and Jin tilted his head to face Aera.

Entering into a deep eye contact, they couldn't help but not look away.

It was like a string pulled the both of them towards each other.
Their faces were inches apart and their breathing mingled.

The warmth of their body radiated, comforting each other's soul.

A sudden hit of light rays startled Aera, making her squint her eyes.
Jin immediately moved back, and turned to the source of light.
Turned out that the clouds blocking the sun till now, were drifting away, making the rays hit Aera in the face.

Jin chuckled at her expression.

"Come on, let's go out." Jin said, while trying his best to hide his beat-red face, as the thought of the situation between them a few seconds ago, replayed in his mind.

"Yeah."

Both of them left the car and walked towards the cliff.

A bench was situated near the cliff and Aera went towards it and sat down.
Jin stood by her side, not sitting beside her to avoid any more awkward situations.

A hand wrapped around his wrist and pulled him down towards the seat.

Surprised, he turned towards the source of the hand and found Aera looking down at her lap with a shy ghost smile gracing her lips.

Jin felt his heart racing exceptionally fast.

A little hesitantly, but still, he found the courage to take Aera's fingers, which were still wrapped around his wrist in his hand and intertwined their fingers, resting 'em on his lap.

Aera blushed heavily at this.

Her usual self would have started panicking at this amount of skin-ship, but she, right now, felt never so relaxed before.

And she wanted this moment to go on forever as it was the first time in forever that she felt complete, after and without Yeojung.

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"I sometimes just cannot believe how much I love you, and how much I'm willing to give to you..."

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